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BAKU, Azerbaijan -- The following information was released by the African Union (AU): Africa's Bold Commitment to Clean Cooking at COP29 Marks a Milestone for Sustainable Development At COP 29, [...]

Byline: Chidimma C. Okeke The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) have named seven initiatives from Africa, Latin America, the Mediterranean and [...]

Rand Merchant Bank (RMB), an African corporate and investment bank, has invested in climate technology startup KOKO as part of its carbon business growth project, which supports the expansion of [...]

Monrovia -- A West African Regional Civil Society Body 'Friends of the Earth Africa' (FoEA) through the NGO Forum has stressed the need for institutions, such as the working group [...]

Billionaire Jeff Bezos's environmental fund is seeking to build a coalition with African and European countries around this year's U.N. climate summit to add heft to land restoration efforts, its [...]

Billionaire Jeff Bezos's environmental fund is seeking to build a coalition with African and European countries around this year's U.N. climate summit to add heft to land restoration efforts, its [...]

As is often the case with many of the past UN climate conferences, the recent meeting in Glasgow had been billed as humanity's last chance. In the days after, dejection [...]

Deforestation dropped by 18 percent in two years in African countries where organizations subscribed to receive warnings from a new service using satellites to detect decreases in forest cover in [...]

Deforestation dropped by 18 percent in two years in African countries where organizations subscribed to receive warnings from a new service using satellites to detect decreases in forest cover in [...]

MADISON, Wis. -- The following information was released by the University of Wisconsin - Madison: By Eric Hamilton Deforestation dropped by 18 percent in two years in African countries where [...]

M2 PRESSWIRE-August 25, 2020-: Coronavirus - Africa: World Council of Churches (WCC) moderator contributes to G20 Interfaith Forum on Africa (C)1994-2020 M2 COMMUNICATIONS RDATE:25082020 Dr Agnes Abuom, moderator of the [...]

Byline: Rasheed Sobowale Africa is the only continent in the world where deforestation is accelerating, according to key findings of a five-year report released Thursday by the United Nations Food [...]

Byline: Laurie Goering London -- Vast swathes of land, from Africa to the Middle East, are being left useless by climate shifts and human pressures such as deforestation, mining and [...]

New Delhi, July 30 -- Trillion Trees Initiative to promote conservation, forestation and greening. The organization attempts to reduce deforestation, desertification and global warming on a large scale. The Greening [...]

ADDIS ABABA, July 16, 2019 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The African Union (AU) on Tuesday urged African countries to intensify efforts in combating deforestation so as to drive African countries' [...]

NAIROBI, May 7, 2019 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- African governments should create opportunities for local communities to promote sustainable forest management, a scientist said on Tuesday. Godwin Kowero, executive secretary [...]

Abidjan: The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Climate Investment Funds' Forest Investment Program (CIF FIP) have released a report on how unlocking capital flows to foster forest sector development [...]

Sep 06, 2017 (African Development Bank/All Africa Global Media) -- AFIC speakers The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Climate Investment Funds' Forest Investment Program (CIF FIP) have released a [...]

CAMBRIDGE, UK -- The following information was released by the University of Cambridge: New analysis reveals a strong correlation between precolonial institutions in Africa and current levels of deforestation. Researchers [...]

Sep 11, 2014 (Daily Independent/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- Productivity-boosting agricultural innovations in Africa could lead to an increase in global deforestation rates and carbon emissions, a Purdue [...]

Byline: Jimoh Babatunde Sep 05, 2014 (Vanguard/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- Former Ghanaian President, John Kufuor, has called for a change in the way Africa farmers practice agriculture [...]

By Miriam Gathigah MEXICO CITY, Jun. 9, 2014 (IPS/GIN) - Africa's climate change legislative frameworks, though a step in the right direction, have come under fire for not being ambitious [...]

Project ID P113167 Country Africa Region Africa Status Active Approval Date(as of board presentation) JUL 14, 2011 Closing Date AUG 31, 2016 Total Project Cost US$ 16.00 million Commitment Amount [...]

DURHAM, NH -- The following information was released by the University of New Hampshire: The University of New Hampshire has received a National Science Foundation grant to study changes in [...]

Byline: Ben Caldecott The recent news that deforestation is faster in Africa than anywhere else is hardly surprising. Weak institutions, ineffective legal systems, rampant corruption and regular explosions of violence [...]